ISIS has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that remain under its control, residents said Saturday. The release of the prisoners Friday is another sign that the militants are being overwhelmed by the U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive...

(Middle East Eye)- Dig deep in an English backyard and you might snaffle a stone arrowhead, and the odd bit of pottery. Do the same in Egypt and you could hit paydirt with a 25-foot colossus of an ancient god-king. That is exactly what happened on Thursday in Cairo, when a statue of ancient...

Three families who helped shelter former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 after his mass leak of information about surveillance programs have asked Canada for asylum, their lawyer said Friday. The families - three Sri Lankan adults, a Filipina, and...

China's Industry Minister, Miao Wei, said Saturday that investment across the Taiwan Strait can help achieve China's aim of achieving unification with the self-ruled island, and called for Taiwan to be more open to Chinese businesses. China deems Taiwan a wayward province to be taken back by...